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WITNESS AT ORNEY United States Patent 3,204,594 SEWING MAQHINES HenryDreyfuss, South Pasadena, Calif., assignor to The Singer Company, acorporation of New Jersey Filed Mar. 13, 1963. Ser. No. 264,869 12Claims. (Cl. 112-258) This invention relates to sewing machines, moreparticularly of the household type, and has for its primary object toprovide a machine of this type having an improved form of machine framewhich affords the machine operator a clear and unobstructed view notonly of the stitching point but also of a wide area of the work fabricson all sides of the needle.

It is an object of this invention to provide a sewing machine frameconstruction in which the sewing head portion carrying the needleprojects forwardly toward the operator, thus presenting the stitchingarea to view directly in front of an operator, and in which the bracketarm supporting the sewing head is arranged to expose the entire worksupporting surface of the sewing machine bed to the view of an operatorseated in normal fashion before the sewing machine.

Another object of this invention is to provide a sewing machine frameconstruction in which the upper surface of the bracket arm and standardare inclined upwardly and backwardly in substantially perpendicularrelation to the line of sight of an operator looking at the stitchingarea from a normal machine operating position before the sewing machineso that controls for the sewing machine when mounted on the uppersurface of either the bracket arm or standard will present a full topplan view to the operator for optimum visibility and accessibility.

An additional object of this invention is to provide a sewing machineframe having the novel and advantageous characteristics outlined abovewhich can nonetheless ac commodate proven conventional operatingmechanisms such as the main drive mechanism or the work feedingmechanism.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a rigid sewing machineframe affording generous housing area .within which to locate operatingmechanisms without detracting from optimum visibility and accessibilityof the work fabrics being stitched.

With the above and other objects in view as will hereinafter appear, theinvention comprises the combinations and arrangement of parts anddevices hereinafter set forth and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings of a preferred embodiment of the invention, from which theseveral features of the invention and the advantages attained therebywill be readily understood by those skilled in the art.

In the accompanying drawings:

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a sewing machine embodying thisinvention,

FIG. 2 is a head end elevational view of the sewing machine of FIG. 1 atreduced size together with a representation of an operator occupying thenormal position for operating the sewing machine and illustrating theline of sight of the operator relatively to the stitching point, and therelation of the operators line of sight to the front wall of the bracketarm and to the upper surface of the bracket arm and standard,

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the sewing machine of FIG. 1,

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the sewing machine shown in FIG. 3 with thetop cover removed and the face plate of the sewing head illustrated insection to expose the mechanisms within the frame,

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken substantially along theline 5-5. of FIG. 3,

3,204,594 Patented Sept. 7, 1965 ice FIG, 6 is a vertical crosssectional view taken substantially along the line 66 of FIG. 3 and FIG.7 is a vertical cross sectional view taken substantially along the line7-7 FIG. 3.

Referring now to the drawings, the machine frame includes a bed 10having a flat work supporting surface 11, depending front and rear walls12 and 13 and left and right end walls 14 and 15. At its right hand endportion the bed is provided with a raised platform 16 on which isfastened by screws 17, FIG. 5, a standard 18 of a bracket arm 19terminating in a head 20. The standard 18, at its junction with the baseplatform 16, is rectangular in cross section and is sized so that itsfront and rear walls 21 and 22 are in substantial vertical register withthe front and rear side walls 12 and 13, respectively, of the bed 10.The left and right side walls 23 and 24, respectively, of the standardare spaced apart substantially as can be seen in FIGS. 3 and 4. Theresultant relatively large base of the standard 18 contributes to arigid machine frame and also affords an appreciable housing area withinwhich to locate certain of the mechanisms of the machine. In addition,the standard cooperates with the bed 10 to house an electric drivingmotor 25.

The bracket arm 19 is integral with and extends longitudinally from therear portion of the standard 18 with a bottom wall 26 of the bracket armdisposed above and substantially parallel to the work supporting surfaceof the bed. A rear wall 27 of the bracket arm is arranged insubstantially vertical register with the rear wall 13 of the bed 10. Thefront wall 28 of the bracket arm 19 is upwardly and forwardly inclinedas illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 7, while the upper edges of the left andright side walls 23 and 24 of the standard rise at an in clinationupwardly and rearwardly, the left side wall 23 merging into the bottomand front walls of the bracket arm and the right side wall 24 merginginto the rear wall 27 of the bracket arm. The integral standard andbracket arm define, in effect, an open topped box-like structure whichis adapted to be closed by a removable cover 29. That portion 30 of thecover 29 closing the open top of the standard rests at its upper rearedge on the top edge of the rear wall 22 of the standard and is inclineddownwardly and forwardly to rest on the upper edge of the lower frontwall 21 of the standard, as best shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 5. That portion31 of the cover 29 closing the bracket arm 19 rests at its upper rearedge on the top edge of the rear wall 27 of the bracket arm and isinclined downwardly and forwardly to rest on the upper edge 32 of thefront wall 28 of the bracket arm. The cover 29 provides a surface inwhich various controls for the mechanisms of the machine can beadvantageously. mounted. The cover 29 is preferably removably held inposition by means of spring catches 33 and thus can be easily detachedto expose the mechanisms within the bracket arm and. standard. As willbe seen in FIGS. 1 and 3, the cover 29 has appreciable surface area andthis has the advantage that the coloring of the machine can be easilychanged by having in inventory different colored covers and selectingthe color desired by the purchaser of the machine. The machine frame ispreferably made rigid by means of the reinforcing ribs 34 in the bracketarm 18 and the cross rib or strut 35 in the standard 18. Thesereinforcing members effectively rigidize the machine frame to the extentthat the cover plate 29 is not needed additionally to strengthen themachine frame and, consequently, the cover plate can be made of plasticor the like The bracket arm 19, at its left end, terminates into theforwardly extending head 20. The head includes a substantiallyvertically arranged right sidewall 36 merging into the bottom and frontand rear walls of the bracket arm. Extending to the left from the rightsidewall 36 are the front and rear walls 37 and 38 and the top andbottom walls 39 and 40 of the head together defining a cavity opening tothe left and adapted to be closed by a face plate 41. The bottom wall 40of the head is formed with a pair of spaced recesses 42 and 43 intowhich electric light bulbs 44 may be accommodated to flood the worksupporting surface with illumination.

As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 3 the cover 29 may in clude an integralhood portion 45 extending from that portion 31 which closes the backetarm. The hood portion 45 which shrouds the top and rearward portions ofthe sewing head and may cover access openings in these portions of thesewing head, preferably extends upwardly and forwardly relatively to theplane of the work sup porting surface 11 of the bed.

In FIGS. 4, 6 and 7 the phantom lines X-X denote a vertical plane,containing the longitudinal medial line of the work supporting surface11 of the bed. The plane XX intersects the upper edge 32 of the frontwall of the bracket arm so that the bracket arm 19 lies entirelyrearwardly of the medial vertical plane X-X, and as illustrated in FIG.4 the sewing head 20 extends well forward of the plane XX. The forwardlocation of the front of the head 20 relatively to the bracket arm 19permits stitching to be accomplished at a point within easy Vision ofthe operator and at the same time permits a location of the bracket arm19 vertically above the rear of the work-support so as to provideclearance in the vicinity of the front of the work support for theoperator, permitting convenient manipulation of the work. This clearancecan be seen in FIGS. 1 and 4. While the head 20 is relatively narrow itdoes have appreciable depth, as can be seen in FIG. 6, and this isadvantageous inthaf sufficient space is provided within the head toallow for the generous design of the necessary mechanisms usuallylocated in a sewing machine head.

FIG. 2 illustrates the above described sewing machine supported at tableheight on a cabinet and addressed by an operator seated before thesewing machine as is the normal mode of using a household sewingmachine. In FIG. 2 the line Y closely approximates the line of sight ofan operator looking at the sewing machine stitching point. The line Z inFIG. 2 coincident with the front wall 28 of the bracket arm issubstantially parallel to the operators line of sight Y and since theline Z intersects the rear edge of the work supporting surface 11 thebracket arm 19 will not detract from the operators view of Work fabricson the work supporting surface. FIG. 2 also indicate graphically thatthe portions 30 and 31 of the cover 29 are arranged substantiallyperpendicular to the operators line of sight Y. The inclination of thecover is particularly advantageous in that the entire surface ofportions 30 and 31 thereof are within easy vision of the operator in hernormal position in front of the machine and any controls on or extendingthrough the cover 29 will be presented in full plan view to the operatorand are likewise easily visible and readily accessible for manipulation.

The mechanisms in the head 20 comprise the needle-bar mechanism, theresser-bar mechanism and the needlethread take-up mechanism. In themachine illustrated, the needle-bar mechanism comprises an endwisereciprocatory needle-bar 61 journaled in bearings 62 and 63 arranged inthe head 20 so that the needle-bar is inclined rearwardly with its lowerend extending toward the front of the work supporting surface 11.Carried in the lower end of the needle-bar is a thread carrying needle64. Cooperating with the needle 64 in the formation of lock stitches isa circularly moving or rotary loop taker 65 journaled in a bearing 66located within the bed 10 forwardly of the path of needle reciprocationand beneath an access opening 67 formed in the work supporting surface11 adapted to be closed by a retractable slide-plate 68 which can bewithdrawn to expose the loop taker. The' needle-bar is endwisereciprocated from a rotary arm shaft 69 by means of a counterbalancedcrank 70, FIG. 6, connected by a link 71 to one limb of a bell-crankever 72 fulcrumed at 73 in the head 20 and having its other limbconnected by a link 74 to the needle-bar 61. The arm shaft 69 isconnected by gearing 75 to the upper end of a shaft 76 journaled in thestandard 18 and connected at its lower end by gearing 77 to a rotary bedshaft 73 journaled lengthwise in the bed 10 forwardly of the path ofneedle reciprocation. The bed shaft 78 is preferably powered by theelectric motor 25 through a worm 79 and worm-wheel 80 connection.

The needle thread take up mechanism includes a bell crank lever 81pivotally connected as at 82 to an anchor link 83 fulcrumed on a stud 84in the sewing head. The free arm of the bell crank lever 31 is curvedoutwardly around the cover hood portion 45 and formed with a threadeyelet 85. The opposite arm of the bell crank lever 81 embraces anauxiliary crank pin 86 on an arm 87 extending from the needle bardriving crank 70.

The resser-bar mechanism includes a presser-bar 90 endwise slidable in along bearing bushing 91 fixed in the bottom wall 40 of the head 20. Atits upper end the presser-bar 90 is engaged by a coil spring 92 abuttingthe r lower end of a rod 93 slidable in a bushing 94 in the top Wall 39of the head. Pressure exerted by the coil spring 92 is regulated bymeans of a lever 95 bearing at its free end on the upper end of the rod93 and pivoted at its other end on the stud 84. Engaging the leverintermediate its ends is a pressure regulating cam 96 turnable on abearing 97 under the influence of a thumb disc 98 extending upwardlythrough a slot in the hook portion 45 of the cover 39 for convenientaccess by the operator. At its lower end the resser-bar 90 carries aconventional resser-foot 99 which is adapted yieldingly to hold the workor material being sewn in contact with the usual feed-dog 100 of thework feeding mechanism hereinafter to be described. Lever means,indicated generally at 101, is provided whereby the resser-foot 99 canbe manually raised so that work fabrics may be introduced under thepresser-foot and also removed after the stitching has been completed.

The feed-dog 101 cooperating with the presser-foot 58 to advance workthrough the machine is associated with a four-motion work feedingmechanism, a major portion of which is located within the bed 10. Asshown in FIG. 6, the feed-dog is attached to a feed-bar 102 connected atits rearward end to a feed rocker 103 fast on one end of the usualfeed-advance rock-shaft 104. The feed-advance rock-shaft is journaled onpintles in the bed one of which is shown at 105 FIG. 3 and is adapted tobe oscillated on its pintles to impart feed-advance and -returnmovements to the feed-dog 101 by connections actuated from the rotaryarm-shaft 69. These connections include a forked member 106 carried on ashort rock-shaft 107 (FIG. 2) journaled in the web 34 of the bracket arm19 and embracing a feed advance eccentric 108 on the arm-shaft. A rockarm 109 secured on the rock-shaft 107 is connected by means of a link110 to a frame 111 journaled at 112 in the standard. A slide rod 113fixed on the frame is embraced by a slide block 114 carried on a link115 pivoted as at 116 to a rock arm 117 on the feed advance rock-shaft104.

A feed regulating bell crank lever 118 fulcrumed at 119 within thestandard has one arm connected by a link 120 to the link 115 while theother arm protrudes through a slot 121 in the cover 29 and is providedwith a finger grip 122 providing a control whereby the operator mayregulate the length and direction of stitches formed by the sewingmachine.

Rising and falling motion is imparted to the feed-dog by means of a feedlift rock-shaft journaled on pintles 131 on the bed. A rock arm 132 onthe feed lift rockshaft is connected by a link 133 to the feed-bar 102.The feed lift rock-shaft is oscillated from a feed lift eccentric of thebracket arm 19. A rock arm 137 received on the rock-shaft 136 isconnected by means of a link 138 to a rock arm 139 fast on the feed liftrock-shaft.

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention, what is claimedherein is:

1. A sewing machine having, in combination, a frame including a bedprovided with a horizontal work supporting surface and front and rearwalls depending therefrom, a standard mounted upon said bed adjacent toone end thereof and having a front wall, a rear Wall, and right and leftsidewalls, said standard front and rear walls joining said bedsubstantially in registry with the front and rear walls respectively ofsaid bed, a bracket arm having a bottom wall and front and rear wallsextending upwardly from said bottom wall, said bracket arm beingintegral with and extending longitudinally from the standard rearwardlyof a vertical plane containing the longitudinal medial line of said worksupporting surface and vertically spaced above the level of the worksupporting surface of the bed, a head elongate laterally of saidvertically plane, said head being integral with said bracket arm andincluding a forward portion extending towards the front wall of said bedand on the opposite side of said vertical plane containing thelongitudinal medial line of said work supporting surface from thatoccupied by said bracket arm, a needle-bar journaled for endwisereciprocation in the forward portion of said head, a thread-carryingneedle, means securing said needle in the lower end of said needle-barfor reciprocation in a path extending through said work supportingsurface thus defining a stitch-forming point on said work supportingsurface, a circularly moving loop-taker cooperating with saidthread-carrying needle in the formation of stitches, said loop-takerbeing located within said bed on an axis disposed between said frontwall of said bed and said path of needle reciprocation, a work feedingmeans for advancing work past said stitching point and including afeed-dog adapted to contact the work in the vicinity of said stitchingpoint, needle-bar actuating mechanism in said bracket arm, loop-takerand feed-dog actuating mechanisms in said bed, and operating connectionsin said standard between said needle-bar actuating mechanism and saidloop-taker and feed-dog actuating mechanisms so that they operate intimed relation with one another.

2. A sewing machine having, in combination, a frame including a bedprovided with front and rear walls extending longitudinally of said bedand a flat horizontal work-supporting surface having an opening therein,a slide-plate closing said opening, a standard mounted upon said bedadjacent to one end thereof and having its rear wall in substantialvertical register with the rear side wall of said bed, a bracket armintegral with and extending longitudinally from the upper portion ofsaid standard above the level of said work supporting surface of the bedand rearwardly of a vertical plane containing the longitudinal medialline of said work supporting surface, a rear wall of the bracket arm insubstantial vertical register with the rear wall of said bed and anupper edge of a front wall of the bracket arm located substantially insaid vertical plane containing the longitudinal medial line of said worksupporting surface, a hollow head integral with the free end of saidbracket arm and including a forward portion extending forwardly of saidvertical plane, said head in top plan being relatively narrow, areciprocatory thread-carrying needle mounted in the forward portion ofsaid head reciprocating in a path forwardly of said vertical medialplane, a circularly moving loop-taker, bearing means journaling saidloop-taker in said bed and located between the path of needlereciprocation and the front wall of said bed, said loop-taker beingaccessible through the opening in said worksupporting surface, an upperrotary shaft journaled hor- 6 izontally in said bracket arm rearwardlyof the path of needle reciprocation and drivingly connected toreciprocate said thread carrying needle, a lower rotary shaft journaledlongitudinally in said bed forwardly of the path of needlereciprocation, means drivingly connecting said loop-taker to said lowerrotary shaft, and an inclined shaft in said standard having gearconnections with said upper and lower rotary shafts connecting saidshafts to rotate in timed relation with one another.

3. A sewing machine having, in combination, a frame including a bedprovided with front and rear walls extending longitudinally of said bedand a flat horizontal work-supporting surface having an opening therein,a slide-plate closing said opening, a standard mounted upon said bedadjacent to one end thereof and having right and left walls and frontand rear walls in substantial vertical register respectfully with thefront and rear walls of said bed, said rear wall of said standardextending the full height of said standard and said front wall beingrelatively low in height compared to the height of said rear Wall, abracket arm integral with and extending longitudinally from the upperportion of said standard so as to be arranged vertically spaced abovethe bed with the rear wall of the bracket arm substantially co-planarwith the rear wall of said bed, said standard and bracket arm forming anopen topped box-like structure of which the upper edges of both thebracket arm and standard are upwardly and rearwardly inclined at asubstantially uniform slope, a head integral with the free end of saidbracket arm, an endwise reciprocatory thread carrying needle mounted insaid head, an upper rotary shaft journaled horizontally in said bracketarm and drivingly connected to reciprocate said thread carrying needle,a lower rotary shaft journaled longitudinally in said bed on an axisdisposed forwardly of the path of reciprocation of said needle, means insaid standard connecting said shafts to rotate in timed relation withone another, a circularly moving loop-taker drivingly connected to saidlower rotary shaft and located in the bed between the path of needlereciprocation and the front wall of said bed, said loop-taker arrangedto be accessible through the opening in said work-supportingsurface, acontinuous top cover secured on said open topped box-like standard andbracket arm, and a hood formed on said top cover and extending over saidhead.

4. In a sewing machine having a frame including a bed having a worksupporting surface, a bracket arm,

means for supporting said bracket arm from said bed for transport ofwork fabrics on said work supporting surface along a line of feedthrough said stitching point, said bracket arm and the axis of saidcircularly moving looptaker each being disposed on completely oppositesides of a plane containing the longitudinal axis of the needle-bar andextending lengthwise of said bed.

5. In a sewing machine as set forth in claim 4 in which said worksupporting surface is a flat, horizontal surface and in which said planecontaining the longitudinal axis of the needle-bar is inclined upwardlyand rearwardly from said work supporting surface.

6. A frame for a sewing machine including a bed having a work supportingsurface adapted to be supported horizontally at table height and used byan operator seated in front of the machine, means on said frame defininga stitching point on said work supporting surface, front and rear wallsformed on said bed, a standard rising from said bed and formed withfront and rear walls disposed in registry with the front and rear wallsof said bed, an upper surface provided on said standard extending fromthe front to the rear walls thereof, said standard upper surface havinga major portion thereof and disposed substantially perpendicular to aplane extending longitudinally of said work supporting surface,intersecting said stitching point, and inclined upwardly and forwardlyat an angle of approximately 60 from said work supporting surface so asto contain the approximate line of sight of an operator seated in frontof the machine and looking at the stitching point of the sewing machine,a bracket arm extending longitudinally from said standard and supportinga sewing head overhanging said bed, said bracket arm being provided withan upper surface having a major portion thereof disposed substantiallyperpendicular to said line of sight of an operator seated in front ofthe machine, and said bracket arm being provided with a front walldisposed substantially parallel to said line of sight.

7. A frame for a sewing machine including a bed having a work supportingsurface adapted to be supported at table height and used by an operatorseated in front of the machine, means on said frame defining a stitchingpoint on said work supporting surface, said frame having a standardrising from said bed and formed with an upper surface, said standardupper surface having a major portion thereof disposed substantiallyperpendicular to a plane extending longitudinally of said worksupporting surface, intersecting said stitching point, and inclinedupwardly and forwardly at an angle of approximately 60 from said worksupporting surface so as to contain the approximate line of sight of anoperator seated in front of the machine and looking at the stitchingpoint of the sewing machine, a bracket arm extending longitudinally fromsaid standard and supporting a sewing head overhanging said bed, saidbracket arm being provided with an upper surface, said bracket arm uppersurface having a major portion thereof disposed substantiallyperpendicular to said line of sight of an operator seated in front ofthe machine, and control instrumentalities for said sewing machinecarried on said upper surfaces.

8. A frame for a sewing machine including a bed having a flat workingsupporting surface with substantially parallel front and rear edges andadapted to be supported at table height and used by an operator seatedin front of the machine, means on said frame defining a stitching pointon said work supporting surface a standard rising from one side of saidbed, a bracket arm extending from said standard substantially parallelto said bed and a sewing head carried at the free extremity of saidbracket arm, said bracket arm being formed with a substantially planarfront wall facing the front edge of said work supporting bed, a majorportion of said bracket arm front wall being disposed in a planesubstantially parallel to a plane extending longitudinally of said worksupporting surface, intersecting said stitching point, and inclinedupwardly and forwardly at an angle of approximately 60 from said worksupporting surface so as to contain the approximate line of sight of anoperator seated in front of the machine and looking at the sewingmachine stitching point and said plane intersecting the rear edge of theworking supporting surface of said bed.

9. A frame for a sewing machine including a bed having a flat worksupporting surface with substantially parallel front and rear edges andadapted to be supported at table height and used by an operator seatedin front of the machine, means on said frame defining a stitching pointon said work supporting surface, a standard rising from one side of saidbed, a bracket arm extending from said standard above the level of saidwork supporting surface and a sewing head carried at the free extremityof said bracket arm, said bracket arm being formed with a substantiallyplanar front wall facing the front edge of said work supporting bed, amajor portion of said bracket arm front wall being disposed in a planesubstantially parallel to a plane extending longitudinally of said worksupporting surface, intersecting said stitching point, and inclinedupwardly and forwardly at an angle of approximately 60 from said worksupporting surface so as to contain the approximate line of sight of anoperator seated in front of the machine and looking at the sewingmachine stitching point, that plane containing said bracket arm frontwall intersect ing the rear edge of said work supporting bed, and aneedle-bar supported in said sewing head for endwise reciprocation in apath entirely forwardly of the plane containing the front wall of saidbracket arm.

10. A sewing machine having a frame including a bed having a planar worksupporting surface with a front and a rear edge, a standard rising fromsaid work supporting surface, an upper surface forming a part of saidstandard and having a major portion sloping upwardly above said worksupporting surface and rearwardly relating to said front edge at anangle of approximately 45 degrees with respect to the plane of said worksupporting surface, a cantilever arm extending from said standard andoverhanging said work supporting surface, an upper surface forming partof said arm and having a major portion sloping at substantially the sameangle as said upper surface of said standard with respect to the planeof said work supporting surface, and sewing machine controlinstrumentalities mounted on at least one of said upper surfaces.

11. A sewing machine having a frame including a bed having a planar worksupporting surface with a front and a rear edge, a standard rising fromsaid work supporting surface, a cantilever bracket arm extending fromsaid standard above the level of said work supporting surface, saidstandard and bracket arm being formed with an upwardly open box-likestructure, an integral top cover member closing said standard andbracket arm, a major portion of said integral top cover sloping upwardlyand rearwardly at an angle of approximately 45 degrees with respect tothe plane of said Work supporting surface, and sewing machine controlinstrumentalities mounted on said top cover.

12. A sewing machine having a frame including a bed having a planar worksupporting surface with a front and a rear edge, a standard rising fromsaid work supporting surface, a cantilever bracket arm extending fromsaid standard above the level of said work supporting surface, saidstandard and bracket arm being formed with an upwardly open box-likestructure of which the upper edge is inclined upwardly and rearwardly ina substantially uniform slope with respect to the plane of the worksupporting surface, a sewing head carried at the free extremity of saidbracket arm, and an integral top cover member secured in place over saidstandard and bracket arm and including a portion providing a hoodextending over said sewing head, said integral top cover slopingupwardly and rearwardly with respect to the plane of the work supportingsurface over a major portion of said standard and bracket arm, and thetop of said hood extending upwardly and forwardly over said sewing head.

References Cited by the Examiner JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner.

1. A SEWING MACHINE HAVING, IN COMBINATION, A FRAME INCLUDING A BEDPROVIDED WITH A HORIZONTAL WORK SUPPORTING SURFACE AND FRONT AND REARWALLS DEPENDING THEREFROM, A STANDARD MOUNTED UPON SAID BED ADJACENT TOONE END THEREOF AND HAVING A FRONT WALL, A REAR WALL, AND RIGHT AND LEFTSIDEWALLS, SAID STANDARD FRONT AND REAR WALLS JOINING SAID BEDSUBSTANTIALLY IN REGISTRY WITH THE FRONT AND REAR WALLS RESEPECTIVELY OFSAID BED, A BRACKET ARM HAVING A BOTTOM WALL AND FRONT AND REAR WALLSEXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID BOTTOM WALL, SAID BRACKET ARM BEINGINTEGRAL WITH SAND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY FROM THE STANDARD REARWARDLYOF A VERTICAL PLANE CONTAINING THE LONGITUDINAL MEDIAL LINE OF SAID WORKSUPPORTING SURFACE AND VERTICALLY SPACED ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE WORKSUPPORTING SURFACE OF THE BED, A HEAD ELONGATE LATERALLY OF SAIDVERTICALLY PLANE, SAID HEAD BEING INTEGRAL WITH SAID BRACKET ARM ANDINCLUDING A FORWARD PORTION EXTENDING TOWARDS THE FRONT WALL OF SAID BEDAND ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID VERTICAL PLANE CONTAINING THELONGITUDINAL MEDIAL LINE OF SAID WORK SUPPORTING SURFACE FROM THATOCCUPIED BY SAID BRACKET ARM, A NEEDLE-BAR JOURNALED FOR ENDWISERECIPROCATION IN THE FORWARD PORTION OF SAID HEAD, A THREAD-CARRYINGNEEDLE, MEANS SECURING SAID NEEDLE IN THE LOWER END OF SAID NEEDLE-BARFOR RECIPROCATION IN A PATH EXTENDING THROUGH SAID WORK SUPPORTINGSURFACE THUS DEFINING A STITCH-FORMING POINT ON SAID WORK SUPPORTINGSURFACE, A CIRCULARLY MOVING LOOP-TAKER COOPERATING WITH SAIDTHREAD-CARRYING NEEDLE IN THE FORMATION OF STITCHES, SAID LOOP-TAKERBEING LOCATED WITHIN SAID BED ON AN AXIS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID FRONTWALL OF SAID BED AND SAID PATH OF NEEDLE RECIPROCATION, A WORK FEEDINGMEANS FOR ADVANCING WORK PAST SAID STITCHING POINT AND INCLUDING AFEED-DOG ADAPTED TO CONTACT THE WORK IN THE VICINITY OF SAID STITCHINGPOINT, NEEDLE-BAR ACTUATING MECHANISM IN SAID BRACKET ARM, LOOP-TAKERAND FEED-DOG ACTUATING MECHANISMS IN SAID BED, AND OPERATING CONNECTIONSIN SAID STANDARD BETWEEN AID NEEDLE-BAR ACTUATING MECHANISM AND SAIDLOOP-TAKER AND FEED-DOG ACTUATING MECHANISMS SO THAT THEY OPERATE INTIMED RELATION WITH ONE ANOTHER.